2016考研英语中的熟词僻义汇总.doc

耶鲁考研：/英语中的一个单词往往有多种意思，而研究生英语考试中，常常考察一些认识单词的偏僻的意思，即所谓的“熟词僻义”。下面是一些考研英语中的熟词僻义。1.weigh v. 考虑，权衡At the same time, the American Law Institute a group of judges, lawyers, and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight issued new guidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones. (真题 1999, Text 1, Paragraph 4)与此同时，美国法学会该学会由一群法官、律师、学者所组成，他们的建议举足轻重签署了新的民事侵害法纲要，宣布公司不必警示顾客那些显而易见的危险，或者给顾客列出一份冗长的可能造成的危险的清单。2. even a. 均匀的;平的They seemed a priesthood, rather uneven in their merits but uniform in their bearing; they never referred to anything personal. (CET-6, 2003.6, Passage 2, Paragraph 4)他们看起来像神职人员，尽管道行参差不齐，但举止非常统一;他们从来不谈私事。3.odd a. 临时的Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the bosss agenda in businesses of every variety. (真题 2007, Text 4, Paragraph 1)迄今为止，信息保护工作一直被留给临时的、低层次的信息技术人员承担，并且只被看成是信息资源丰富产业所关切的一个方面，比如银行业、电信业以及航空旅行业，如今，信息保护则成为各类商业老板议事日程中需要优先考虑的问题。4. weather v. 抵抗，克服This “added-worker effect” could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times. (真题 2007, Text 3, Paragraph 2)这种“额外工人效应”可以支持由失业保险或残疾保险提供的安全网，以便帮助家庭渡过难关。5.voice n. 意见，发言权Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science about global warming is incomplete, that its OK to keep pouring fumes into the air until we know for sure. (真题 2005, Text 2, Paragraph 3)就象吸烟问题一样，来自不同领域的意见坚持认为有关全球变暖的科学资料还不完整。在我们证实这件事之前可以向大气中不断的排放气体。6.resume v. 重新开始，恢复If they are not looking, the speaker assumes that they are disinterested and either will pause until eye contact is resumed or will terminate the conversation. (CET-6, 1997.6, Passage 4, Paragraph1)如果听者没有看他，说话人会以为他对话题不感兴趣，因此他会暂停一下，直到眼神交流恢复或者他会结束谈话。7. spell n.一段时间Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries. (真题 2002, Text 2, Paragraph 4)虽然起初在20世纪60年代和70年代有过一段乐观的时期，因为在当时看来，似乎晶体管电路和微处理器的发展将使他们在2010年能够模仿人类大脑的活动，但是最近研究人员已经开始将这个预测延后数十年，如果不是数百年的话。8. tired 陈腐的， 陈旧的Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting” has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.(真题 2001, Text 5, Paragraph 2)奇怪的是，大约两年半的时间我写完两部小说后，我这个被美国人称为“放慢生活节奏”的试验，却使我老掉牙的借口变成了现实。9. fault n. 毛病Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and other academics who have questioned sciences objectivity. (真题 1998, Text 3, Paragraph 4)格罗斯和莱维特主要挑那些质疑科学客观性的社会学家、哲学家和其他学者的毛病。10. practice n. 惯例，习惯，做法Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the countrys excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological. (真题 1996, Text 4, Paragraph 2)在诸多形成因素中，我想特别指出这个国家优异的小学教育;欢迎新技术的劳动大军;对发明者进行奖励的做法;尤其是美国人在处理技术性事物所具有的非语言的空间思维才能。11. principal n. 最重要的，主要的The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increase in the number of pupils. (CET-6, 2003.6, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)学校面临的主要困难一直是学生人数的剧增。12. tell v. 区别，分辨,识别Scratchy throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able to tell if the cause is a cold or flu may make a difference in how long the misery lasts. (CET-4, 2005.1, Passage 1, Paragraph 1)嗓子疼、鼻子不通和浑身酸痛都会带来痛苦，但是能够识别其原因是普通感冒还是流感，对于这种痛苦持续的时间长短会有着重要的意义。13. land v. (使)靠岸(登陆、降落)Much of the language used to describe monetary